143

143

8.0010.00

“The number 143 means 'I love you.' It takes one letter to say 'I' and four letters to say 'love' and three letters to say 'you.' One hundred and forty-three. 'I love you.' Isn't that wonderful?” -Fred Rogers

A numerical representation of the expression 'I love you' where each of the three numbers represents the amount of letters in each of the words.

Used by couples with pagers as a code to constantly remind one another that they still are affectionate. (More commonly used before the wide spread availability of text-messaging cell phones)